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#896EF9

#896ef9 ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#896ef9 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 53.73% red, 43.14% green and 97.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 44.98% cyan, 55.82% magenta, 0% yellow and 2.35% black. Its hue angle is 251.65°, with 92.05% saturation and 70.39% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with imagination, spirituality and luxury. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.66:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 3.29.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2331

Complementary

  1. #896ef9
  2. #def96e

Split complementary

  1. #896ef9
  2. #f9ce6e
  3. #99f96e

Analogous

  1. #6e99f9
  2. #896ef9
  3. #ce6ef9

Triadic

  1. #896ef9
  2. #f9896e
  3. #6ef989

Tetradic

  1. #896ef9
  2. #f96ede
  3. #def96e
  4. #6ef989

Square

  1. #896ef9
  2. #f96e99
  3. #def96e
  4. #6ef9ce

Monochromatic

  1. #2d08c6
  2. #4d25f6
  3. #896ef9
  4. #c5b7fc
  5. #efebfe

Shades

#896ef9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #896ef9
  2. #7b63e0
  3. #6e58c7
  4. #604dae
  5. #524295
  6. #45377d
  7. #372c64
  8. #29214b
  9. #1b1632
  10. #0e0b19
  11. #000000

Tints

#896ef9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #896ef9
  2. #957dfa
  3. #a18bfa
  4. #ac9afb
  5. #b8a8fb
  6. #c4b7fc
  7. #d0c5fd
  8. #dcd4fd
  9. #e7e2fe
  10. #f3f1fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#896ef9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #896ef9
  2. #8870ed
  3. #8772e1
  4. #8673d5
  5. #8575c9
  6. #8577bd
  7. #8479b0
  8. #837ba4
  9. #827c98
  10. #817e8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.66:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #858585 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #867cbf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #1688fe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #1a81f6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #668da9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5b7efc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5c7af7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7682ce ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-896ef9 {
  color: #896ef9;
}
Background
.bg-896ef9 {
  background-color: #896ef9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-896ef9 {
  border: 2px solid #896ef9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #896ef9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 137 110 249;
  --color-primary-hsl: 252 92% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-896ef9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #896ef9, #ce6ef9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-896ef9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(137 110 249 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 3.29 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 5.16 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.60 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 10.36 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 10.52 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 11.58 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 12.06 #769106 Inverted #858585 Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#896ef9  rgb(137, 110, 249)  hsl(252, 92%, 70%)  Medium Slate Blue
#def96e  rgb(222, 249, 110)  hsl(72, 92%, 70%)  Electric Lime
#f9896e  rgb(249, 137, 110)  hsl(12, 92%, 70%)  Salmon
#6ef989  rgb(110, 249, 137)  hsl(132, 92%, 70%)  Mint Green